To: DannyTNHonestly, you are underestimating the influence of the HATRED strains of muslim teaching, and it's not just wahabbi, either. You also seem to be mischaracterise your own alone-ness, and the roar of the crowd. A FEW posters have called to eradicate Islam, and fewer still consistently. Many other freepers have pointed up the vile Saudi Wahabbi schools of hatred.
"If Turkey is primarily Islamic, how is it that they have chosen democracy over Islamic law?"
Because there are several "layers" (for lack of a better word) of Islam, very much like there are several layers of Christianity.
In the Christian world, there are Catholics, Protestants, Greek Orthodox, and within each one of those, there are sub-divisions.
Islam is the same.
The sorts of actions that we are seeing by people like Usama bin Laden and terrorists in general, are representative of the Wahabbi sect of Islam.
Rooted in Saudi Arabia, they are a monority branch of Islam that by their actions, seek to paint the entire Islamic world as radical, anti-infidel warriors.
Check out this site, and work your way through the link marked "extremism" for more detailed information.
34 posted on 01/09/2003 1:20 PM PST by Luis Gonzalez
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The teacher of Arafat was the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem -- he also (perhaps, it is rumored) is the one who reccommended to Hitler that Hitler not only deport Jews -- but kill them all -- complete eradication. I do NOT know if the Grand Mufti was a Saudi-schooled Wahabbi -- at the time he was a student, the Saudi's were just sand pounding camel jockeys.
And NO ONE knows whether this is is not a war of religions. There ARE many -- millions -- of decent G-d-fearing muslims who love peace, and everything must be done to rescue them. The form that rescue finally takes, if one if ever secured, is unknown to us ...
"You also seem to be mischaracterise your own alone-ness, and the roar of the crowd. A FEW posters have called to eradicate Islam, and fewer still consistently."
I beg to differ, and I would like to point out that your perception of what's been said to me, or what I have read on this forum could not possibly be more complete than my own.